# List the Top 5 states you would live in **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 13, 2013, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-the-top-5-states-you-would-live-in/666167 "2013-08-13T23:50:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2013, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-the-top-5-states-you-would-live-in/666167/21 "2013-08-14T01:41:40Z")
1. Virginia 2. Maryland 3. Montana 4. New York (City, of course) 5. Hawaii > [@Fluke54](#): > > All five of my choices would be anywhere in Texas. Well, Texas did wangle the right to break itself up into up to 5 states when it entered the Union, so I guess that fits. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2013, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-the-top-5-states-you-would-live-in/666167/22 "2013-08-14T01:43:05Z")
Madame Pepperwinkle has a great love of the sea, not available here in Indiana. (Okay, so there’s Lake Michigan.) 1. Hawaii 2. California 3. Oregon 4. Washington 5. Florida ---
**Author:** ![snowthx](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowthx/32/10660_2.png) [@snowthx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snowthx)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2013, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-the-top-5-states-you-would-live-in/666167/23 "2013-08-14T02:01:44Z")
California (my current home) Oregon Washington Nevada Hawaii I’d pick a few more western states for the next five, plus maybe a state or two in New England. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2013, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-the-top-5-states-you-would-live-in/666167/24 "2013-08-14T02:33:35Z")
Hawaii New York California New Mexico Colorado Not necessarily in that order except Hawaii will always be No. 1 (lived there for 2-1/2 years). ---
**Author:** ![Geek\_Mecha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ecae2f/32.png) [@Geek\_Mecha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Geek_Mecha)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2013, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-the-top-5-states-you-would-live-in/666167/25 "2013-08-14T02:45:09Z")
Hawaii (home) California (current) Washington state (former) Oregon New York New York’s only on there 'cause I’m out of coastal West Coast states. ---
**Author:** ![gwendee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/35a633/32.png) [@gwendee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gwendee)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2013, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-the-top-5-states-you-would-live-in/666167/26 "2013-08-14T02:55:43Z")
New York Connecticut Maine Minnesota Idaho ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2013, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-the-top-5-states-you-would-live-in/666167/27 "2013-08-14T02:59:23Z")
California California California California California Ok. If pressed: California Washington Nevada Hawaii Utah ---
**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2013, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-the-top-5-states-you-would-live-in/666167/28 "2013-08-14T03:03:00Z")
This is surprisingly hard. I am from Louisiana and the New Orleans is certainly awesome but I think I would be dead within 5 years if I lived there again. I also fulfilled my dream of living in Vermont and New Hampshire has always been one of my favorite states but it is just too cold for too long. I like some things about most states and could find parts of almost all of them that I would love live in (yes, even Alabama and Mississippi). I think New Jersey, Delaware, and Pennsylvania are the only ones I wouldn’t consider any part of. I am not that fond of my current state of Massachusetts either but it has its positives. My reasonable picks are: 1. Central Virginia 2. North Carolina 3. Colorado 4. Texas 5. Hawaii (outside of Oahu) ---
**Author:** ![picker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/picker/32/13969_2.png) [@picker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picker)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2013, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-the-top-5-states-you-would-live-in/666167/29 "2013-08-14T03:09:26Z")
California (current location, just moved here and loving it!) Montana Colorado North Carolina New Mexico ---
**Author:** ![Hbns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/8edcca/32.png) [@Hbns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hbns)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2013, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-the-top-5-states-you-would-live-in/666167/30 "2013-08-14T03:56:13Z")
Maine Minnesota North Carolina Arkansas Idaho ---
**Author:** ![Palo\_Verde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/65b543/32.png) [@Palo\_Verde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Palo_Verde)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2013, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-the-top-5-states-you-would-live-in/666167/31 "2013-08-14T04:10:57Z")
All my life I’ve lived in hot places, and man I am tired of sweating! I want to live someplace cool. Colorado CT Vermont Pennsylvania New Hampshire ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Nader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Darth\_Nader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Nader)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2013, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-the-top-5-states-you-would-live-in/666167/32 "2013-08-14T05:22:25Z")
Colorado Hawaii New Mexico Texas …and Colorado again ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2013, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-the-top-5-states-you-would-live-in/666167/33 "2013-08-14T05:34:21Z")
Of the places I’ve lived in the US, I would go back to Vermont Louisiana California I would like to try living in Alaska Hawaii With the exceptions of Michigan Chicago, Illinois there’s NO PLACE in the Midwest I would ever consider living in again. ---
**Author:** ![Nzinga\_Seated](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b5ac83/32.png) [@Nzinga\_Seated](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nzinga_Seated)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2013, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-the-top-5-states-you-would-live-in/666167/34 "2013-08-14T05:40:17Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > California > California > California > California > California > > Ok. If pressed: > > California > Washington > Nevada > Hawaii > Utah New York New York New York New York New York. Ok. If shaky gun held to my head: New York Louisiana Pennsylvania Nevada Illinois ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2013, 6:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-the-top-5-states-you-would-live-in/666167/35 "2013-08-14T06:36:18Z")
Nevada Peace Contentment Montana Harmony ---
**Author:** ![48Willys](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/4/db5fbb/32.png) [@48Willys](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/48Willys)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2013, 6:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-the-top-5-states-you-would-live-in/666167/36 "2013-08-14T06:43:29Z")
Well, I like the west coast also. soo… 1.Alaska, The last frontier. It can be cold though. 2.Washington, Mt. Reinier, Puget Sound, The Columbia River, Seattle, Spokane & Grand Coulee Dam. 3.British Columbia, Absolutely Gorgeous, Both the land and the folks. 4.Colorado, The Rockies at there best. 5.Idaho, The Snake River, the mountains, the lakes. 6.Northern California (not to be confused with San Fransisco, which is, at best, Central California). 7.Oregon, Like Washington, it has the Columbia River, the beach, the Coast range, The Cascades, the Blue mountains, & Crater lake to name a few. Yes I AM aware that seven is greater then five, however 5,6, & 7 all tied for the #5 slot. WHAT? B.C. is not a state?? Are you sure?? Well it ought to count as one. I think Canadian Providences should count. Heck I am going to count them anyway. So there!! ---
**Author:** ![Invisible\_Chimp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/f05b48/32.png) [@Invisible\_Chimp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Invisible_Chimp)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2013, 8:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-the-top-5-states-you-would-live-in/666167/37 "2013-08-14T08:02:29Z")
Oregon Washington New York(City) Massachusetts Hawaii ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2013, 9:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-the-top-5-states-you-would-live-in/666167/38 "2013-08-14T09:04:56Z")
Texas New Mexico Colorado Hawaii California ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2013, 9:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-the-top-5-states-you-would-live-in/666167/39 "2013-08-14T09:07:59Z")
New South Wales South Australia Victoria Western Australia Queensland ---
**Author:** ![sylmar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b782af/32.png) [@sylmar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sylmar)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2013, 10:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-the-top-5-states-you-would-live-in/666167/40 "2013-08-14T10:44:19Z")
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